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The work camp
activities:
1.
Organic
Farming
2.
Water shed
Management
3.
Clearing rain
water drains
4.
Bio Mass
breeding
5.
Harvesting -
(depending on season)
6.
Introduction
to Herbal Medicines
(depending on campsite)
7.
Tree planting
8.
Inter-cultural Education
9.
Local
Language,
(English
- Language enhancement classes
if
required)
10.
Yoga and Meditation
11.
Village
exposure
12.
Introduction
to Indian Culture and habits
Other attractions
1.
Visiting
Indian homes, weddings, functions / ceremonies
(If
happening)
2.
Interaction with young Indian & International students
studying in India.
3.
Bangalore
sight seeing
4.
Visits to Social Work
projects such as, Orphanages, Old age
homes, etc.,
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Day
1: Arrival - Orientation and briefing of the camp
Day
2: Bangalore
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Known as the City of Gardens and Indian Silicon Valley. Kempe Gowda
built the Bangalore Fort and Tippu Sultan expanded it. It houses 16th
century Ganapathi Temple. There is Tippu Palace famous for its carving
and paintings, Venkataramanaswamy temple built in the 17th century as a
splendid example of Dravidian temple architecture, lal Bagh, the
botanical gardens laid out by Hyder Ali, the Bull Temple with a giant
Nandi, the Gangadhareshware temple or Cave Temple, the Dharmaraja
Temple, the Ravindra Kalakshetra built to commemorate Rabindranath
Tagore's centenary, St. Mary's Church and Gandhi Bhavan. One can also
visit the famous racecourse here
and the picnic spot of Ulsoor lake. Vidhana Soudha is neo-Dravidian
granite building near Cubbon Park.
Day
3 to 14:
Yoga, Local
Language and Environmental Activity.
Day
7:
Free day
Program:
Environmental & General Camp
Start dates:
1st Monday of each month
(we also accept groups (minimum 10
participants) if you have specific dates, you have to us
inform us at-least one month in advance)
Arrival
&
Departure Point: Bengaluru
International Airport
Language Requirement: Basic English
Accommodation and meals:
Mostly Hostel or Host family and Indian food three times a day
by the host
Activities:
Vary
with daily diary, please see details above
Working hours:
20-25 per week
Remarks:
Program itineraries are sample itineraries and are subject to change to
meet the needs of Volunteers and as decided by IVT-India’s Coordinators
depending on the situation. |